Last week, the European Commission announced that it was renewing its anti-dumping measures on imports of stainless steel tube and pipe butt-welding fittings ("SSTPF") from China and Taiwan for another five years.

This past week, CTM covered the following issues. In China: * First quarter trade data * Trade barrier investigation against Taiwan * Guidelines on imports from Malaysia * Draft regulations on artificial intelligence * Sanctions on several U.S. institutions and individuals * Shanghai investment incentives In the U.S.: * Members of Congress press for tougher

In our seventh post on documents related to U.S.-China negotiations on China's accession to the GATT/WTO, we describe USTR's responses to press questions on the resumption of the GATT Working Party on China's accession.

Today the WTO published a notification from Japan and China that they had agreed to use the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) in the event of any appeal in the China - Anti-Dumping Measures on Stainless Steel Products from Japan (DS601) dispute, which is currently pending before a

As part of a visit to the U.S. where he was meeting with his USTR counterparts, European Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis spoke at a think tank event, where he offered remarks about various aspects of EU thinking on China trade issues. Dombrovskis emphasized the importance of not being dependent

Yesterday, a bipartisan group of members of Congress sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security pressing for tougher enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).

The Chinese government has agreed to an expedited review of the anti-dumping/countervailing duties it has been imposing on Australian barley, leading to a suspension of the WTO dispute on these duties.